Hat-pin-point protector.



M. FERGUSON.

I HAT PIN POINT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1913.

1,098,791 Patented June 2, 1914.

MEADE FERGUSON, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

HAT-PIN-POINT PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1914:.

Application filed April 29, 1913. Serial No. 764,442.

To all whom it may conce/rn Be it known that I, MEADE FERGUSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-PiirPoint Protectors, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention relates to hat pin point protectors; and it has for its object the provision of a device of this character which will include an outer member and an inner member, the latter having an entrance mouth defining portion associated with a similar portion of the outer member and then provided with an effective impinging surface grooved longitudinally and positioned with relation to the adjacent longitudinal walls of the outer member so as to define therebetween a passage for the reception of the point of the pin.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for facilitating the operation of assembling the two members of the device.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrange ment of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying` drawings z-Figure l a side view of the pin, showing the application of the protector thereto; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the protector; Fig. 8 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. -i is a section on line we of Fig. 2.

The protector comprisesl an outer member l lmving a cylindrical body 2 closed at one end by a spherical portion 3 and open at its outer end, as at 4. At one side the longitudinal walls of the cylindrical portion 2 are extended beyond the open end l and then :flared outwardly and away from said end, as at 5, so as to define one section of a pin guiding and deflecting mouth G. The other element or section 7 of the mouth 6 has its walls flared away from the walls of the section 5, and, as shown, the sides of the portion 7 are of a gradually reduced thickness, as at 8, heilig associated with walls 9 of reduced thickness from the portion 5, so that the passage in the mouth 7 is substantially of an uninterrupted internal formation. The section of the mouth 6 is provided with a longitudinal impinging extension 10 which extends through the cylindrical portion Q of the outer member and which is preferably of con'cavo-convex form transversely, the concavity thereof being disposed in'nnediately opposite the adjacent internal curved walls of the cylindrical portion 2, so as to define therewith an intervening pin receivingjiassage l1. At the extreme outer end the iinpinging member 10 is provided with an ofl'set 12 having a curved surface 1.3 mounted on an adjacent internal surface 0f the spherical end 3, said surface serving as a fulcrum by means of which the impinging member may be rocked with relation to the longitudinal walls of the cylindrical portion 2. The cylindrical portion 2 is provided with internal spaced ribs 14 which receive therebetween a projection 15 on the flared terminal 16 of a spring 17. The opn posite end of the spring is secured at 18 by means of solder or the like to the impinging member l0, so as to normally maintain a closed position of the latter with relation to said adjacent walls of the portion 2.

The device may be constructed of perce lain, glass, metal or any other suitable well known material which may be found desirable for the purpose.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without reqiliring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the forni, proprn'tion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. A hat pin point protector comprising an outer member including a spherical portion and a. hollow hea d at one end of the cylindrical portion, the cylindrical portion being open at its opposite end and having a portion of its wall 'liared outwardly beyond the open end to provide a mouth section, a second mouth section associated with the first section. an in'lpinging member carried bv the second mouth section and extending through said cylindrical portion of the outer member and terminating in an outer curved surface mounted for rocking movement on the internal surface of the spherical head, and a springinterposed between the innerwall of the out-er member and said impinging member for normally holding' the latter closed with relation to the adjacent inner wall'of said cylindrical portion.

2. A hat pin point protector comprising an outer member including a cylindrical portion, an inner impinging member extending through the outer member, internal spaced ribs formed in the outer member7 and a spring secured to the impinging member and having a locking portion confined between the said ribs whereby to hold the impinging member against longitudinal displacement.

3. A hat pin point protector comprising an outer member having a hollow Spherical portion, an inner impinging member havingone end seat-ed against the inner wall of the spherical portion and curved to conform Vwith the curvature of said wall, whereby i said inner member is mounted for rocking movement in said outer member, said inner member having a flared wall extending beyond one end of the outer member, the outer member having a flared wall associated with the flared wall of the impinging member and defining therewith an entrance mouth, the impinging member being associated with the adjacent wall of the outer member so as to define therewith a pin re- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

